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Tuesday 17 June 2025
China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2): Breaking through bottlenecks to achieve equipment self-reliance and strength
Amid the global shift in technology dynamics, China's semiconductor industry stands at a critical strategic turning point. As the 15th Five-Year Plan approaches, semiconductor equipment—being...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
TVCA meets with Taiwan VP, offers three suggestions to boost growth of Taiwan industries
The Taiwan Venture Capital Association (TVCA) led a delegation to meet with Taiwan Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao on June 13. During the meeting, the association proposed three institutional...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Taiwan imposes new export controls on products sold to Huawei, SMIC, and other Chinese firms

the International Trade Administration (ITA), under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, has announced a new export control measure...

Tuesday 17 June 2025
Naver to build AI data center in Morocco with Nvidia, targeting EMEA market

Naver announced plans to build a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Morocco in partnership with Nvidia and other...

Tuesday 17 June 2025
Johor–Singapore Economic Zone's grand ambition to transform SEA's tech landscape
Just across the narrow Johor Strait from Singapore lies Malaysia's Johor state, a region that for decades has shared deep economic ties with the city-state. Yet despite their geographic...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Sony to double HAMR semiconductor laser production capacity for HDDs
According to Nikkei, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, the semiconductor division of Sony Group, is set to double the production capacity of its semiconductor lasers designed...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
TSMC and Samsung ramp up 2nm chip production race for 2H25
TSMC and Samsung Electronics are both intensifying efforts to begin mass production of 2nm semiconductor technology by the second half of 2025, according to reports from South Korean...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
China's AMEC eyes global lead with plan to double semiconductor equipment reach
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc., China (AMEC) Chairman Gerald Yin announced that the company is entering a new strategic expansion phase. Over the next five to ten years,...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
AI ASIC drives expansion in semiconductor test market, intensifying competition among Taiwanese test interface firms
As artificial intelligence (AI) applications extend from the cloud to the edge, the surge in AI application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) is accelerating growth in the semiconductor...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Trump tax bill to boost Biden's semiconductor tax credit to 30%
The Senate's draft tax bill calls for temporarily increasing an investment credit for semiconductor manufacturers, enhancing a subsidy for chipmakers to build factories in the US.
Tuesday 17 June 2025
China joins US in brain implant race with clinical trial
China's first clinical trial of a technology that allows signals from the brain to control an external device has proved successful, making it only the second country after the US...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Qualcomm eyes cloud AI with Alphawave deal as MediaTek bets on Google
Qualcomm is accelerating its pivot toward the cloud with the acquisition of Alphawave, a company known for its high-speed data transmission solutions. The deal signals Qualcomm's...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
ASML's next act: High-NA, Hyper-NA and the edge of what's possible
ASML Holding NV, the Dutch semiconductor equipment leader, dominates extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, key to producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips. As the industry pushes...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Huawei hits a ceiling? US caps Huawei's 2025 AI chip output at 200,000 units
Huawei Technologies is expected to produce no more than 200,000 Ascend-series AI chips in 2025, according to the US Department of Commerce, highlighting China's advancing chip design...
Monday 16 June 2025
China's rare earth curbs disrupt global tech supply chains as US trade tensions escalate
China's rare earth export restrictions, implemented in response to US semiconductor controls targeting its technology sector, are disrupting global supply chains and creating manufacturing...